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STEDT #6240

*gləŋ

KNIFE / MACHETE / DAO
Proto-Northern Naga / Konyakian

Notes

French (1983:475) assigns Nocte dang to this root, but it seems to fit better with #2205 PTB *m-duŋ ⪤ *daŋ SWORD / SPEAR.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte2

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang5

Konyakyang n‘knife’Marrison 67 Naga
Wanchochang ‘dao’Marrison 67 Naga
Wanchochang◦koimorpheme n‘knife’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6240, *gləŋ ‘KNIFE / MACHETE / DAO’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6240
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: WTF-PNN: 475
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6240,
  title  = {{*gləŋ 'KNIFE / MACHETE / DAO'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6240},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6240}
}